Fly-Tipping
Monday, March 15th, 2010 by VGresidentLast week some irresponsible, anti-social persons dumped 2 bags of rubbish in my front garden! It wasn’t kids dumping rubbish, this was a deliberate act of fly-tipping of a couple of bags of rubbish in a couple of Tesco carrier bags – presumably their own dustbins were full, so they were looking to offload their rubbish on someone else. The bags weren’t just thrown into the garden, they had been deliberately placed there.
I contacted the Council and reported the fly-tipping. Apparently, when fly-tipping happens, the Council go through the rubbish left and, if they can find who dumped it (eg: by finding an envelope with an address on etc), they prosecute.
I suppose it’s only to be assumed that – with the new fortnightly waste collection regime, there will be some anti-social people who don’t understand recycling, fill their own bins and then look to dump their extra rubbish elsewhere, passing on the problem to other people! I’ve asked the Council what measures they intend to take regarding such miscreants and will report back.
In the meantime, I’m pleased to say that the Council collected the bags and – with some luck, will be investigating with a view to prosecuting the anti-social fly-tippers.
Watch out for it happening to you.
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